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Gibson Les Paul Studio – Service and setup

Epiphone Casino – Bridge Upgrade

Epiphone ES335 – Neck Repair

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Jazzmaster – Shielding and Pickup swap

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Gibson Les Paul Studio – Service and setup

3rd October 20253rd October 2025 George

There wasn’t much really wrong with this one, it’s just been tucked away and neglected for a good few years. The fretboard was rather caked in several years worth of goop. It was rather thick and dry so I very gently used a cabinet scraper.  Very important not to scrape too hard, to only remove […]

 Completed Projects, Electric Guitar, Guitars, Repairs, Uncategorised

Tanglewood – Deep Clean and Setup

15th September 2025 George

Nothing much fundamentally wrong with this one, it’s just in need of a thorough clean and setup.  It’s not been used for quite some time but I believe it has significant sentimental value. The fretboard and frets were rather dirty, as was the rest of the guitar. A good scrub with 0000 grade steel wool […]

 Acoustic, Acoustic Guitar, Completed Projects, Guitars

Epiphone Casino – Bridge Upgrade

15th September 2025 George

A great guitar that’s been through the workshop once or twice before for a couple of other upgrades. I do love a semi-acoustic with a Bigsby, but they sadly they aren’t the most stable of tremolo units.  A roller bridge can help quite a bit though. The original bridge had a nasty habit of lowering […]

 Electric, Electric Guitar, Guitars, Improvements, Semi-acoustic, Uncategorised

Fender Jazz Bass – Replacement Neck

4th September 20254th September 2025 George

A strange one this, the top of the neck has quite a crack in it.  I tried to glue and clamp it but the crack must go right through.  When I tried to tighten the truss-rod it didn’t pull the neck into shape, it’s just opening up the split.  Sadly it’s beyond my skills to […]

 Bass Guitar, Electric, Electric Guitar, Guitars, Repairs, Uncategorised

Ibanez RG – Fret Dress

11th July 2025 George

This a rather unusual one, Ibanez guitars are normally a lot better than this… Having set it up to a normal standard it was choking out badly at the first fret.  Turns out the first fret is really low.  The only way to dial that problem out would be to put in a rather excessive […]

 Completed Projects, Electric, Electric Guitar, Improvements, Uncategorised

Jazzmaster – Shielding and Pickup swap

26th June 2025 George

Need to improve the sound of your guitar?  How about a new set of pickups and shield the pickup cavity to stop any unwanted hum while you’re at it… The inside of the Jazzmaster must be about as complicated as they come.  However, a one-for-one pickup swap should be easy. Before the new pickups go […]

 Electric, Electric Guitar, General, Guitars, Improvements, Uncategorised

Custom built “Les Paul” style guitar

30th May 2025 George

A kit guitar, just needs finishing off and setting up. It does have some problems though, the frets are very uneven and so causing quite a lot of fret-buzz. The first fret in particular is rather low.  That’s a big problem as it means having to take every other fret down to that level. So, […]

 Custom Built, Electric, Electric Guitar, Guitars, Improvements, Uncategorised

Hofner bridge and nut upgrade

25th May 202529th May 2025 George

A rather nice guitar, but with room for improvement.   I’ve had this guitar in the workshop before but we couldn’t quite get the intonation properly adjusted as there wasn’t enough space to move the saddles far enough. The nut is also plastic, so while we’re upgrading the bridge, I’ll cut and fit a bone […]

 Electric, Electric Guitar, Guitars, Improvements, Uncategorised

Strat’ – Setup

23rd January 202030th December 2020 George

Here’s a rather nice Stratocaster, just needed a bit of a tweek on the setup. It’s got some nice pickups as well. Although for an American made Strat they got some basics wrong, the neck is on a little wonky.  Since the neck will come off to adjust the truss-rod I’ll sort that out when […]

 Electric Guitar, Uncategorised

Schecter – Bent bridge

19th November 201930th December 2020 George

Fret Buss? there can be several reasons for that,  this Schecter had a problem that I’d never encountered before… I’ve never encountered a bridge so bent out of shape. The top should be flat, with a curved bottom… I can’t fix that so it had to be replaced, there’s the new one, flat top, curved […]

 Electric, Repairs, Uncategorised

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